Door hinges



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L. H. TUGLE March 9, 1965 DOOR HINGES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 28, 1962 [ff/Z 72/645 BY \m. w. FLocKS ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,172,167 DOQR HENGEFQ Lee H. 'fugle, Represa, Calih, assignor to Tugle Anchor Hinge Qorporation, Baltimore, Md.,, a body corporate of Maryland Filed May 23, 1962, Ser. No. 1%,231'5 (Italians. (Cl. 29-16) This invention relates generally to door hardware and more particularly to a novel hinge.

Many prior art butt hinges require a considerable amount of skill during installation and the average do it yourselfer and many present day carpenters encounter considerable difiiculty when installing this door hardware.

Primary objects of the present invention are to provide a novel hinge assembly and combination hinge-and-jamb which eliminate unsightly hinge plates; require less time for installation than conventional hinges; require no wood screws for installation; are less expensive than conventional hinges; substantially eliminate sagging of the doors; are less bulky and unsightly than conventional hinges; provide a plurality of adjustment of clearances of the door panel without redrilling, etc. which can be installed with a minimum of experience and skill; which have a bearing structure mrrnitting a relatively large load to be supported on a relatively small dimensioned hinge;

which comprises a single mounting rod which incorporates I a threaded end to facilitate the initial and permanent installation; and which includes orienting abutment surfaces for determining angular relations between the door and jarnb.

These together with other and more specific objects and the nature and advantages of the instant invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings forming a partthereof; and in which:

FIG. 1 is a vertical elevation of a fragmentary portion of a door and jam in a closed condition and showing the novel hinge assembly installed;

FIG. 2 is a section taken substantially on the plane of line 2-2 of FIG. 1, however, the hinge parts are shown by solid lines;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view, on a slightly reduced scale, of one of the hinge arms of the hinge assembly;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation looking from right to left at FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an end view of FIG. 3 looking at the lower end thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the other hinge arm of the v hinge assembly on a slightly reduced scale hinge assembly;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation looking from right to left at FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is an end view of FIG. 6 looking atthe lower end thereof;

} 3,172,167 Patented Mar. 9, 1965 PEG. 14 is a side elevation of FlG. 13 looking into the lower end thereof;

FIG. 15 is an end view of FIG. 13 looking from right to left;

FIG. 16 is a plan view on a reduced scale, of a template or drill guide used to make a hinge installation as shown in FlGS. l and 2; and

FIG. 17 is an end view of FIG. 16 looking from left to right thereof.

Referring to the drawing in detail, and first considering FIGS. 35, a door hinge arm is indicated generally at 1%) and comprises an elongated rod or shank l2 terminally threaded at 14. The threaded portion 14 generally comprises self-tapping threads (not shown in detail) which insure a secure mounting of the shaft during the installation of the hinge assembly to be subsequently described in detail. 1

The rod or shank 12 continues in a web portion 16 at the other end which has a lateral, angular abutment face 18 integrally formed with a transverse tubular sleeve 2%. The sleeve 2% incorporates a transverse bore 22 which will accommodate therein an intermediate portion of the hinge pin shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. The opposite end portions 2 and 26 of the sleeve 20 will provide bearing surfaces.

Referring to FIGS. 68, the other hinge arm of the door assembly is indicated generally at 28 and comprises an elongated shank or arm portion 30 terminally threaded at one end with threads 32 of a character similar to the threads 14. The rod 3i) continues in an angular transverse web portion 34 which includes an angular abutment surface 36 abuttingly engageable with the surface 18 when the hinge assembly is installed. The web 34 in a sense terminates in a bifurcated, tubular sleeve arrangement comprising co-axial sleeve portions 33 and 4h having co-axial bores 42 and 44, respectively. The adjacent end portions 48 and 5d of the respective sleeve portions 38 and 40 comprise bearing surfaces cooperating with the end portions 24 and 26 of sleeve 26 of the previously described hinge arm. The bores 42 and 44 will receive the hinge pin of FIGS. 9 and 10 therethrough, and one end of one of the sleeves 38 and 4t) will receive the button or cap element shown in FIGS 11 and 12.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, an elongated hinge pin is indicated generally at 54 and includes an elongated body portion 56 having the retaining cap portion 53 at one end, and a slightly tapered terminal end portion 66 at the other end. The pin 54 comprises a hinge pin which will generally be manually removable in the event adjustments (rotation of the arms about shanks 12 orSfi) are neces sary in the installation and aljustment of the hinge assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2.

Referring to FIGS. 11 and 12, a button or cap element is indicated generally at 62 and comprises a relatively short shank or body portion 64 integral with a transverse cap 66, and the shank 64 is slightly tapered at 68 to facilitate insertion thereof in the lower end of the sleeve 38.

Referring to FIGS. 13-15, a pre-drilled anchor or plug is indicated generally at 70 and may be produced from any suitable material, comprising a substantially cylindrical body portion 72 incorporating at end 74 in circumferentially spaced, outwardly extending relation, lug portions 76 which aid to retain the anchor, billet or plug element in a suitable aperture drilled laterally in the door or jamb as will subsequently be described.

The body portion 72 incorporates in one side thereof a transverse angular notched out portion 78 having angularly formed therethrough a transverse bore portion 80 accommodating the threaded end portions 14 or 32 of the respective hinge arms or 28.

Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, a drill guide or template is indicated generally at 82 and may be produced from plastic, metal, etc., of any suitable character.

The drill guide 82 comprises a planar leg portion 84 having an intermediate aperture 86 extending therethrough which is used to retain it on a portion being drilled. Integral with the leg portion 84 and extending at right angles thereto, is a relatively short leg or orienting portion 88. At the juncture or corner 99 of the legs 84 and 88, and disposed intermediately thereof as seen in FIGS. 17 and 18, is a tubular drill guide sleeve 92 which has a transverse bore 94 extending therethrough and through the corner 90.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a fragmentary portion of a door jamb is indicated generally at 96 and comprises, for example, vertical molding strips 98 on the interior of the jamb, and an exterior molding strip 100. The jamb $6 also includes a jamb strip 102 which will have one of the hinge arms 10 or 28 mounted therein. Although the installation of FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrates the use of the anchor or billet element 70, the use of this anchor element is optional, i.e. in the event the jamb and/or door comprises a material of a suitable character for firmly anchoring the hinge assembly shanks.

The jamb strip 192 will have transversely drilled therein, at a preferred location, a lateral bore Hi4 which will receive the billet or anchor element 196. The billet or anchor element is of such a character that it may be readily penetrated by a drill or may be pre-drilled, for example, lead, plastic, etc. After the billet "it? has been installed as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the drill guide or template 82 is disposed over the intersecting sides 106 and 108 of the jamb strip 102 retained there by a suitable fastener or aperture 85 and a hole is drilled through the corner of the jamb strip and into the slug or anchor element 70, if it was not pre-drilled. After this has been accomplished, the hinge arm 10, for example, is manually threaded into the bore 110 formed in the billet element 70 and the thread portion 14 thereof firmly seats and secures the arm 10 in its proper position.

A fragmentary portion of a typical door is indicated generally at 112, and will have formed in the edge 114 thereof at the preferred location, a laterally opening bore 116 for receiving a second anchor or billet element 70 therein. Next, the drill guide or template 82 is disposed over the corner of side 118 and edge 114 of the door 112 and a bore 120 is formed through the corner of the door and the slug or billet element 70. Thereafter, the other hinge arm 28 is threadedly secured by means of the threads 32 in the bore 129. Thereafter, the sleeves 40 and 38 of the hinge arm 28 are disposed in co-axial relation with respect to the sleeve 20 of the arm 10 and the hinge pin 54 may be dropped into the proper position for hingedly connecting the hinge arms 10 and 28 and forming the hinge assembly indicated generally at 122. Thereafter, the cap or button element 62 may be driven into position; this element aiding to maintain dust, etc. out of the moving parts.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that when the hinge pin 54 is removed from the co-axial sleeves 20, 38 and 40 of the hinge assembly 122, the hinge arms 10 and 28 may be manually threaded inwardly or outwardly with respect to the jamb or door for the purpose of adjusting the relative clearances both at the top and bottom of the door. Thus the hinge assembly of the present invention permits adjustment for inaccurately dimensioned doors, warped jambs, etc. Still further, the

V abutment surfaces 18 and 36 of the respective hinge arms 10 and Will nt each other and properly orient the door with respect to the jamb when the hinge assembly is installed. These abutting surfaces will provide a minimum clearance, i.e. the minimum angle, between the elongated shanks or arms 12 and 30 of the respective hinge arms 10 and 28.

Thus there has been disclosed and described a novel hinge installation and binge fully conforming with the objects of the invention heretofore set forth.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention and therefore the invention is not limited to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.-

I claim:

1. A hinge assembly for use between a door and jamb to have a predetermined spacing when the door is closed comprising a first member including axially aligned and axially spaced elongated sleeve portions, a triangular web integral with one side of said sleeve portions, projecting laterally therefrom and extending the length thereof, said web converging from outer terminal ends of said pair of sleeves to an apex portion, and an externally threaded rod integral with and projecting from said apex portion of said web, said rod being disposed substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said sleeve portions and intermediately thereof, said web including an angular abutment surface at the base of said rod and extending in a plane intersecting the longitudinal axis of Said rod; a second member including an elongated tubular sleeve portion disposed between and in coaxial alignment with the elongated sleeve portions of said first member, said second member including a web extending the length of and integral with the sleeve portion of said second member and including an integral laterally projecting, externally threaded rod, the web of said second member including an intermediate, angular abutment surface disposed in confronting relation to and engageable with the abutment surface of said first member for determining the minimum included angle between the longitudinal axes of said rods and the ultimate angular spacing of said door with respect to said jamb; and a hinge pin extending through the axially aligned sleeve portions of said first and second members.

2. The structure of claim 1, the web of said first member including an intermediate notched out portion substantially equal in length to said second member sleeve and permitting free rotation of said second sleeve portion thereat.

3. A door, jamb and hinge assembly comprising a jamb having a lateral face including a plug element therein, said plug including a threaded bore extending angularly with respect to said lateral face and toward one edge thereof, a door including a vertical edge normally parallel to the lateral face of said jamb when said door is closed, a second plug seated in said door edge, said second plug including a threaded bore in angular relation to said door edge and toward converging relation with said threaded bore of said first mentioned plug when said door is closed, and a hinge assembly comprising a pair of members having interdigitated sleeves defining a hinge axis exteriorly of said jamb and door, each of said hinge members including a terminally threaded, lateral rod engaged in said threaded bores of said plugs.

4. The door, jamb and binge assembly of claim 3 in which said hinge sleeves respectively include confronting, angular abutment surfaces respectively engagable for determining the minimum angular relation between said hinge rod and the oriented position of said door with respect to the lateral face of said jamb.

5. The structure of claim 4 in which one of said two hinge members includes a pair of spaced co-axial sleeve portions connected to a web portion integral with one of said hinge rods, the other hinge member including a sleeve portion co-axial with and between said spaced coaxial sleeve portions and including a web portion integral with said other threaded rod, said web portions having said confronting, angular abutment surfaces formed thereon.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 193,633 7/77 Beaudet 16--128 423,247 3/90 Hastings 16128 973,144 10/ 10 Staples 85-32 6 Henritzy 16-435 X K-ubler 16-135 X Phelan 16-128 Ramien 16159 HARRISON R. MOSELEY, Primary Examiner.

DONALD J. STOCKING, CHARLES E. OCONNELL,

Examiners. 

1. A HINGE ASSMBLY FOR USE BETWEEN A DOOR AND JAMB TO HAVE A PREDETERMINED SPACING WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING AXIALLY ALIGNED AND AXIALLY SPACED ELONGATED SLEEVE PORTIONS, A TRIANGULAR WEB INTEGRAL WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS, PROJECTING LATERALLY THEREFROM AND EXTENDING THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID WEB CONVERGING FROM OUTER TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF SLEEVES TO AN APEX PROTION, AND AN EXTERNALLY THREADED ROD INTEGRAL WITH AND PROJECTING FROM SAID APEX PORTION OF SAID WEB, SAID ROD BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL LTO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SLEEVE PORTIONS AND INTERMEDIATELY THEREOF, SAID WEB INCLUDING AN ANGULAR ABUTMENT SURFACE AT THE BASE OF SAID ROD AND EXTENDING IN A PLANE INTERSECTING THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ROD; A SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR SLEEVE PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN AND IN COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ELONGATED SLEEVE PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID SEC- 